Market quotes ease amid holiday light trading
Stock prices edged in a slow session with small gains and losses as traders prepared for a long Memorial Day weekend. IBM led with a substantial rise while others such as Westinghouse and Goodrich gained, and copper, tobacco, and airlines lagged.
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New York
Khe
Westinghouse Electric
Zenith
Radio Corp
Raytheon
IBM
Wall Street
Goodrich
U.S
Chicago live stock market report shows mixed hogs and steady cattle
USDA Chicago hogs 4 000 with ranges across several weights and grades. Prices include 17.00 to 18.00 for 190 to 220 lb butchers with various lots and weights. Sows 11.75 to 14.25. Cattle and calves state steady grades with slaughter steers around 27.50 to 29.00 for 1 050 to 1 100 lb weights. heifers 26.50 to 27.50. Overall good early clearance shown.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
Monkeys Fly To Capital For Space Press Conference
Monkeys Able and Baker arrived aboard the Navy tug Kiowa after a 15 minute spaceflight from Cape Canaveral. The rhesus and squirrel monkeys will travel to Washington for a press event and are cited as precursors to human Mercury missions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Antigua
Able
Baker
Able Baker
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Washington
At Ee
Mercury
United States
League Against Cruel Sports
Moscow
U.S.A
Market Update Shows Mixed Cattle Prices and Grain Slippage
Utility cattle priced 19.00 to 22.00 with canners 16.50 to 19.75 and bulls 23.00 to 25.50. Dealers quote 24.00 to 53.00 with a few head at 33.00 to 34.00. For Sheep, 100 head noted. Chicago Grain market opened steady to weak as Board of Trade activity rose. Wheat fell about 1. to 1. cent. July at 1.841. Corn held near 1.24 to 1.26. oats steady near 0.62. soybeans down toward 2.26 to 2.264 for July.
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Baltimore
Golden Delicious
Maine
Jersey
MD Eastern Shore
Virginia Eastern Shore
Del
Rockingham Augusta
Augusta
Buttereeesees ' i Poultry & Eggs Broilers
Freyers
Harrisonburg
Board of Trade
Textile union official refuses to leave Henderson
In Henderson North Carolina an official of the Textile Workers Union of America remains in place amid ongoing tensions and violence surrounding the Payton Payton strike at Henderson Cotton Mills. Guard patrols were deployed as union rhetoric ran high.
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Henderson
N.C
Singleton
Payton
TWUA
Napost Guard
185 Reported Killed in West Java Train Crash
Unconfirmed reports say 185 killed and 200 seriously injured in a Tasikmalaya area train crash in West Java. Health officials say doctors and nurses, with medical equipment, have been flown to the scene and a national appeal for more medical staff was issued. References to spaceflight commentary are included in the source.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Tasikmalaya
West Java
Health Ministry
Ary
Ee Express
Darul Islam
Eisenhower to stay in Washington for Memorial Day weekend
President Eisenhower will remain in Washington during Memorial Day weekend. He will not spend the holiday at his Pennsylvania farm. A stray note mentions the Egypt Egypt Needle in Central Park, New York City, allegedly carved or gifted in 1882 by the Khedive of Egypt.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Central Park
New York City
Egypt
Army reorganizes under pentomic plan for 116th Inf Regiment
The 116th Infantry Regiment termed Stonewall Brigade adopts pentomic structure with five battle groups to replace three regiments. Maryland National Guard also switches over, affecting over 110 Virginia units and detailing units in Winchester Berryville Charlottesville Harrisonburg Staunton and Lynchburg.
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116Th Inf. Reg
Stonewall Brigade
Clowe
Maryland National Guard
Army
National Guard
Winchester
Berryville
Charlottesville
Monticello Guard
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Lynchburg
Local Battle Group reorganizes command structure
The 2nd ee Locally Headquarters Company will be commanded by Corp. Roland White replacing the current commander. The Battle Group Hoters staff lists 24 officers under Lt. Col. Cecil E. Runkle with Maj. Marvin W. Douglass and Maj. John G. Castles among key leaders. Armory facilities remain in use and Winchester HQ will have five officers and men plus Regular Army Advisor personnel including two officers and three enlisted men, with some staff in Staunton under Lt. Col. Harold W. Anderson.
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2Nd Ee
Corp
Roland
Edward H. McDonald
Clowe
Winchester Battle Group
Staunton
Harold W. Anderson
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Queen of England
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Baltimore Produce
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Capital
Harry Footer & CO. Cleaners
ST. Loudoun ST
Chicago Grain
L. J. Carter
British Inter-Planetary Society
R. B. Searcey
Huntsville
Ala
Ike
D. C
Plumsy Lumber
Great Monawk
Quik Laundro
Kleen Smat
N. Cameron St
Miller’s Hardware
Hardware Winchester
Northern Virginia Power CO
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